Specifying FTP user Home Directory

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ftp_site

FTP_SITE(3)								 1							       FTP_SITE(3)

ftp_site - Sends a SITE command to the server

SYNOPSIS

       bool ftp_site (resource	$ftp_stream, string  $command)

DESCRIPTION

       ftp_site(3) sends the given SITE command to the FTP server.

       SITE  commands are not standardized, and vary from server to server. They are useful for handling such things as file permissions and group
       membership.

PARAMETERS

	      o $ftp_stream
		- The link identifier of the FTP connection.

	      o $command
		- The SITE command. Note that this parameter isn't escaped so there may be some issues with filenames containing spaces and  other
		characters.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Sending a SITE command to an ftp server

	      <?php
	      // Connect to FTP server
	      $conn = ftp_connect('ftp.example.com');
	      if (!$conn) die('Unable to connect to ftp.example.com');

	      // Login as "user" with password "pass"
	      if (!ftp_login($conn, 'user', 'pass')) die('Error logging into ftp.example.com');

	      // Issue: "SITE CHMOD 0600 /home/user/privatefile" command to ftp server
	      if (ftp_site($conn, 'CHMOD 0600 /home/user/privatefile')) {
		 echo "Command executed successfully.
";
	      } else {
		 die('Command failed.');
	      }
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       ftp_raw(3).

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